Lead UI Designer

Information Architecture
Interaction & Interface Design
User Flows, Wireframes, Mock-ups, & Prototypes
Usability Engineering & Evaluation
Presentation Layer Development
Research & Analysis
Requirement Specifications

From early 2006 to late 2009 I was the Lead UI Designer at YouTube, the premiere online video sharing service.

Sr. Interaction Designer

Information Architecture
Interaction & Interface Design
Usability Evaluation
User Flows, Wireframes & Mock-ups
Research & Analysis
Requirement Specifications

I was a Senior Interaction Designer at Shutterfly, a leading online photo service. I primarily worked on the Shutterfly Store, Cart & Checkout Process, and Personal Publisher.

Interface Designer

Information Architecture
Interaction Design
Usability Engineering
User Flows, Wireframes, Mock-ups, & Prototypes
Presentation Layer Development
Research & Analysis
Requirement Specifications

I was a Interface Designer for the Merchandising Tools Team at Cafepress, a site for individuals to create and consume digital content pressed onto hard goods. I was responsible for the overall vision, functionality, architecture, design, and usability of the tools used by Cafepress members to create, sell, and merchandise their products. A majority of my time was spent defining, designing, and developing (in CSS, DHTML, Javascript, and ASP) an overhaul of the merchandising tools to allow users to easily and rapidly create entire lines of products in just minutes. While doing so, I spearheaded a drive towards "standards-compliance" presentation layer code. Additionally, I designed and paper-prototyped a Flash-based Rich Internet Application for fluidly creating products.

Lead Interaction Designer

Information Architecture
Interaction Design
Usability Engineering
User Flows, Wireframes & Mock-ups
Requirement Specifications

I served as the lead interaction designer in the Creative Services Group at TechTV, a cable Television station. I was responsible for the interaction design and usability engineering of various online products and in-house tools. Most of my time was spent working on a complete from-the-ground-up redesign of the techtv.com web site. I also worked on a number of smaller projects such as "TechTV Hyperactive", a synchronous TV-online game, as well as an online merchandise fulfillment site. Additionally, I managed the definition and design phase of a new company-wide content management system.

Lead Interface Developer

Information Architecture
Interaction Design
Usability Testing
Mock-ups & Prototypes
Presentation Layer Development

I was the lead interface developer at NexTag, a comparison shopping search engine site. I was responsible for all aspects of the user interface design of the nextag.com public web site, the merchant management site, and a new online storefront management product. At NexTag I performed roles as both a designer and a developer. I researched, designed, prototyped, and usability tested as a designer. And as a developer I programmed and developed my designs using CSS, HTML, Javascript and a lot of JSP. In my first 6 months at NexTag I was able to make a major impact on the interface of the site which led to a direct increase in revenue.

Interaction Designer

Information Architecture
Interaction Design
Usability Evalutation
User Flows, Wireframes & Mock-ups
Requirement Specifications

I was a contract interaction designer working in the Creative Services Group at Macromedia, a software company for professional designers and developers. I was brought on to help redesign their public web site to use and showcase the user interface capabilities of Flash MX. I worked with two other IDs during the redesign and was directly responsible for the information architecture and interaction design of the Developer Center, the Support Center, the Customer Service area, and the Exchange Upload process.

Lead Interface Designer & Developer

Information Architecture
Interaction Design
Usability Evaluation
User Flows, Wireframes, Mock-ups, & Prototypes
Presentation Layer Development
Requirement Specifications

I served as both an interaction designer and an interface developer for three years at Bigstep, a site for small businesses to build, manage, and grow an online storefront. I was Bigstep's first full-time employee and helped grow the company from 7 people to 175. At Bigstep I participated in all aspects of the User Experience field. During the early days of the company, before we had a product or a site, I focused on user research, competitive analysis, contextual inquiry, focus groups, and numerous requirement documents. After the discovery phase, I focused on defining and designing the structure of the site and how the site would function. Lots of sitemaps & content inventories, user flows & scenarios, interaction schematics, wireframes, etc... I also had the opportunity to serve as developer and programmer for my designs using CSS, HTML, Javascript, Java, and a JSP alternative called JHTML. Additionally, at one time during my three years, I managed a team of 4 Information Architects and Designers.